Damn, the steel trap logic of the Scalzi OverMind. :) It is useful, if you want your calls returned in future, to pick up when that pregnant pause is about to turn into an acid-blooded face-hugger of doom if you don’t change the subject. I suspect you’d hate my family, John. Not terribly verbal — something akin to a Merchant-Ivory film on Vulcan. Except on Christmas Day when everything turns into an boozy holocaust of sentimentality and recriminations. :)

I got a call last night from a friend I had lost touch with and hadn’t seen in 12 years. Stood up with her and Jim at their wedding in “97. Talked for an hour and a half. Found out we now live less than 60 miles apart. She found me through the internet on a whim after looking over some of the wedding pictures at their anniversary party last week.

Our families are going to meet half way, in Seattle, for dinner over the weekend. Cool huh.

So yes, talking on the phone with a friend is the best. Having the internet facilitate a reunion is priceless. 8D